Aven Flock
Creature — Bird Soldier
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
: This creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #29921
Aven Flock is a five-mana 2/4 flyer that can pump its own toughness repeatedly for one white mana each — a defensive body that stalls air boards but never threatens to close a game. In any format with real competition, that rate is too slow and too passive to earn a slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Aven Flock is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander it's a 99-slot card competing against far more efficient flyers and anthem effects — the activated toughness boost doesn't scale to multiplayer threats. In Pauper, where the bar is lower, Aven Flock still loses out to commons that either clock the opponent or generate card advantage. Legacy and Vintage don't need a five-mana do-nothing discussed seriously.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Aven Flock at the moment, but as a bulk common it almost certainly sits under $0.50 and is likely a dime-bin pickup. Cheap to acquire, but the price reflects the demand accurately.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.